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Example 16-147
ì
no
dè ʧɔp ɛnitin
ì
3sg
no
neg
dè
hab
ʧɔp
eat
ɛnitin
anything
It does not eat anything.
Comment:
This example shows a co-occurrence of negator
no
and indefinite
any-
pronoun
εnitin
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 216
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
Negation and indefinite pronouns: Preclusion possible with preverbal indefinites
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